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The cost of driving a car includes both fixed costs and mileage costs. Assume that it costs $167.60 per month for insurance and car payments and $0.44 per mile for gasoline, oil, and routine maintenance. (a) Find the values for m and b so that y=mx+b models the monthly cost of driving the car x miles. (b) What does the value of b represent?

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